Novel Molecular Method for Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Applicable to Clinical Microbiology and 16S rRNA Sequence-Based Microbiome Studies

Delineation of Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Its Subspecies, and Its Clinical and Phylogenetic Relationship to Streptococcus pyogenes

(2011) Anders Jensen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Pneumococcal Evolution in Response to Clinical Interventions

(2011) N. J. Croucher et al.   SCIENCE

rpoA is a useful gene for identification and classification of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the closely related viridans group streptococci

(2010) Hee Kuk Park et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

The Human Oral Microbiome

(2010) F. E. Dewhirst et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Detection of Large Numbers of Pneumococcal Virulence Genes in Streptococci of the Mitis Group

(2010) C. Johnston et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

recA-Based PCR Assay for Accurate Differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Other Viridans Streptococci

(2010) A. Zbinden et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of the cpsA gene as a specific marker for the discrimination of Streptococcus pneumoniae from viridans group streptococci

(2010) H. K. Park et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Assigning strains to bacterial species via the internet

(2009) Cynthia J Bishop et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Is quantitative PCR for the pneumolysin (ply) gene useful for detection of pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infection?

(2009) G. Abdeldaim et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Partial recN gene sequencing: a new tool for identification and phylogeny within the genus Streptococcus

(2009) O. O. Glazunova et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Clinically Relevant Nonhemolytic Streptococci on the Basis of Sequence Analysis of 16S-23S Intergenic Spacer Region and Partial gdh Gene

(2009) X. C. Nielsen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

What recent ribosome structures have revealed about the mechanism of translation

(2009) T. Martin Schmeing et al.   NATURE

Advantages of multilocus sequence analysis for taxonomic studies: a case study using 10 housekeeping genes in the genus Ensifer (including former Sinorhizobium)

(2008) M. Martens et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Close Commensal Relatives

(2008) Mogens Kilian et al.   PLoS One